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Car washes and detailers in Hampton city, VA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in Hampton city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #928 of 1,451 scored counties
#39 of 61 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
21
6 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$48.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $831 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.6
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
137,315
0.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Hampton city comes to about $48.2M a year: $831 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per location, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

Hampton city has 21 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 5% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Hampton city classed as car washes. That is one for every 6,451 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hampton city held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. For car washes and detailers, Hampton city has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #928 of 1,451 scored counties and #39 of 61 scored counties in Virginia.

How Hampton city compares

The same measures for Virginia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the car washes and detailers counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Car washes and detailing in Hampton city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureHampton cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.63.13.8
Spending per listing$2.3M$3.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,4516,9976,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+24.3%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$831$968$958
Median household income$69,621$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score4267

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 9
Employees, 2023
74
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
216 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Hampton city, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Hampton city

Population, 2025 estimate
137,3150.0% since 2020
Households
58,057
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
52 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,673
Median household income
$69,621+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,727
Median home value
$245,700
Jobs located here
49,061
Daytime population
130,091Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Hampton city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fauquier County, VA8972.6$4.7M+4.8%#10 of 1,451
2Frederick County, VA83102.8$3.9M+8.8%#44 of 1,451
3Stafford County, VA80234.4$2.8M+8.3%#61 of 1,451
4Bedford County, VA7982.4$4.6M+4.4%#64 of 1,451
5Orange County, VA7964.0$2.8M+10.1%#71 of 1,451
6James City County, VA7751.6$6.5M+6.2%#87 of 1,451
7Augusta County, VA7761.9$5.6M+1.8%#88 of 1,451
8Fairfax County, VA76721.7$5.8M+1.7%#104 of 1,451
9Louisa County, VA7663.9$3.1M+13.6%#111 of 1,451
10Prince William County, VA74352.2$5M+4.2%#133 of 1,451
39Hampton city, VA42213.6$2.3M0.0%#928 of 1,451

Other business types in Hampton city

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Hampton city, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 car washes and detailers in Hampton city. 6 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.

How much do households in Hampton city, VA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $48.2M a year, or $831 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per location. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 58,057 households in Hampton city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hampton city, VA compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

Hampton city has 3.6 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.3M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Hampton city would have about 19, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,451 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is Hampton city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Hampton city at 137,315 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 58,057 households. The median household income in Hampton city is $69,621 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Hampton city scores 42 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #928 of 1,451 scored counties.

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